In a sizzling display of sabotage, a daredevil or just plain dim-witted squirrel brought down a Vienna power transformer Thursday morning, and with it the electricity of 2,700 residents and a handful ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The power went nuts in Virginia Beach Wednesday morning after a squirrel caused an outage for over 10,000 customers across the city, including two schools. Bonita Billingsley ...

RUTLAND (AP) -- A squirrel found its way into a power station, landing on a transformer and triggering a power outage that left about 3,200 homes and businesses in the dark, authorities said. "The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MANSFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Village of Mansfield is under a boil order following an electrical mishap on Tuesday. Deena Carico, a ...

A little critter caused hundreds of power outages in eastern Iowa on New Year's Day. According to Alliant Energy's outage map, roughly 950 customers are experiencing outages in Lone Tree and ...

A squirrel tangled with electrical wires and not only lost the battle but started a grass fire Wednesday. Grand Island Fire Capt. Troy Miller said the fire started after a squirrel jumped between ...

Galloway Township fire officials blamed a squirrel for shorting out a transformer that feeds Absegami High School, resulting in a fire at the school Tuesday afternoon.

Sept. 9 (UPI) --Utility officials in Virginia said 10,000 customers, including at least two schools, were without power for over an hour when a squirrel came into contact with substation equipment.